«What I found surprising was that one needs rather larger velocities, a per cent of the speed of light in a vacuum, to
see significant adverse effects,» he says.
Not exact matches
Thus, while concluding that the NGP is likely to result in
significant adverse environmental
effects with respect to caribou and grizzly bears, the JRP recommended that these «can be justified in the circumstances, as set out in Chapter 2» (
see NGP Report, Volume II, Chapter 8, Environmental Assessment).
Three recent experimental studies focused on low consumption / exposure.949596 In one study, 29 smokers each consumed a single cigarette, immediately after which they had a
significant decrease in blood vessel output power and
significant increase in blood vessel ageing level and remaining blood volume 25 minutes later, as markers of atherosclerosis.94 In another study, human coronary artery endothelial cells were exposed to the smoke equivalent to one cigarette, which led to activation of oxidant stress sensing transcription factor NFR2 and up - regulation of cytochrome p450, considered to have a role in the development of heart disease.95 These
effects were not
seen when heart cells were exposed to the vapour from one e - cigarette.95 A study exposed adult mice to low intensity tobacco smoke (two cigarettes) for one to two months and found
adverse histopathological
effects on brain cells.96
Most readers will know that this was Taseko's second attempt to secure federal approval for its proposed mine and that the federal review panel that conducted the second environmental assessment (EA) concluded that, like the original Prosperity project, it too was likely to result in
significant adverse environmental
effects (SAEEs)(for more on the panel's report,
see my previous post here)...